1912 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

1912 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

All-Ireland champions
Winning team	Kilkenny (6th win)
Captain	Sim Walton
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Cork
Captain	Barry Murphy
Provincial champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Wexford
Ulster	Antrim
Connacht	Galway
Championship statistics
All-Star Team	See here
← 1911 1913 →

The 1912 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 26th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 19 May 1912 and ended on 17 November 1912.

Kilkenny were the defending champions, and successfully defended their title following a 2-1 to 1-3 defeat of Cork in the final.

Format

All-Ireland Championship

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The four provincial representatives made up the semi-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the two winning teams advance to the All-Ireland final.

Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contest this game with the winners being declared All-Ireland champions.

Results

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Laois v Dublin

16 June 1912 Semi-final	Laois	4-00 - 2-2	Dublin	Portlaoise Sportsfield
				Attendance: 7,000 Referee: H Boland

Wexford v Offaly

23 June 1912 Quarter-final	Wexford	4-6 - 2-3	Offaly	Jones's Road
				Referee: J Quigley

Kilkenny v Wexford

11 August 1912 Semi-final	Kilkenny	4-4 - 4-3	Wexford	Jones's Road
				Attendance: 7,000 Referee: H Boland

Laois v Kilkenny

15 September 1912 Final	Laois	2-4 - 6-6	Kilkenny	Portaloise Sportsfield
				Attendance: 4,000 Referee: H Boland

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Waterford v Limerick

19 May 1912 Quarter-final	Waterford	1-00 - 4-5	Limerick	Waterford Sportsfield

Cork v Kerry

2 June 1912 Quarter-final	Cork	4-5 - 2-1	Kerry	Fermoy Sportsfield
				Referee: J McDonnell

Clare v Tipperary

18 August 1912 Semi-final	Clare	2-3 - 3-3	Tipperary	Ennis Sportsfield
				Referee: J McDonnell

Cork v Limerick

1 September 1912 Semi-final	Cork	2-2 - 1-3	Limerick	Fraher Field
				Attendance: 10,000 Referee: J McDonnell

Cork v Tipperary

27 October 1912 Final	Cork	5-1 - 3-1	Tipperary	Fraher Field
				Attendance: 6,500 Referee: J McDonnell

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Limerick v Antrim

25 August 1912 Semi-final	Limerick	11-4 – 2-0	Antrim	Jones's Road
				Referee: J Grace

Kilkenny v Galway

29 September 1913 Semi-final	Kilkenny	8-3 – 2-2	Galway	Jones’s Road
				Referee: M. F. Crowe

Kilkenny v Cork

17 November 1912 Final	Kilkenny	2-1 - 1-3	Cork	Jones's Road
				Attendance: 20,000 Referee: M. F. Crowe

Main article: 1912 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final

Sources

• Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
• Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
• Fullam, Brendan, Captains of the Ash (Wolfhound Press, 2002).

External links

• 1912 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship fixtures